MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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